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Hard Rock Hotel President Kevin Kelley has been tabbed by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to join the 13-member board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

American Casino & Entertainment Properties has closed its previously announced acquisition of Arizona Charlie's Decatur and Arizona Charlie's Boulder, two casinos in Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority projects 281,000 visitors over the upcoming three-day Memorial Day weekend, compared with 276,000 visitors a year ago.

Glenn Bonner and his staff handle 220,000 computer help calls a year, but none were as challenging as the one he received on Easter Sunday.

Hilton Hotels Corp. is facing calls from some shareholders to make its board more independent amid concerns over relationships between the hotelier and its directors.

Spurred by the current rage of pokermania, table games will make a resurgence in casinos, an MGM MIRAGE executive says.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has introduced a pilot program in its East Chicago, Ind., casino that allows employees to market to customers while they are gambling, such as by intercepting gamblers on a losing streak to offer them a free meal or other perks, the company's top executive said Tuesday.

Over the past few years, Harrah's Entertainment President Gary Loveman has shared his belief that technology has played a pivotal role in turning around his company's financial fortunes.

American Real Estate Partners, billionaire Carl Icahn's holding company, is expected to today complete the reorganization and financial restructuring of its Nevada and New Jersey casinos, including the Stratosphere in Las Vegas

Go ahead and touch that dial. The odds are increasing that you'll still land on a station with a television show about Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Boulevard South is already home to some of the world's best-known fashion boutiques, including Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace and Tiffany & Co.

A county investigation into the power failure that shut down the Bellagio for more than three days hasn't turned up an explanation for what caused material to degrade.

Battle lines are being drawn between opposing sides of issues surrounding intrastate remote gaming -- gambling using high-tech devices that allow gamblers to wager without being on a casino floor.

The championship event for the the World Series of Poker gets under way today at Binion's Horseshoe with an estimated 2,500 to 2,600 participants and a prize pool of more than $20 million.

The developer of the Neonopolis retail and entertainment center said Friday it plans to sell the nearly $100 million project rather than try to revive the struggling mall once hailed as a key to resurrecting business in downtown Las Vegas.

The Strip will add 80,000 square feet of retail space with today's opening of Hawaiian Marketplace, a $175 million island-style shopping plaza with retail, entertainment and dining options in front of Polo Towers.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

As a man with plans to soon build a large glass structure along Las Vegas' busiest thoroughfare, Aby Rosen knows better than to carelessly cast stones, verbal or otherwise.

Henry Hernandez says that the Venetian was his favorite Las Vegas resort before he hit it big there early Sunday morning, winning $2.4 million on Wheel of Fortune dollars.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. expects to hold the final round of next year's World Series of Poker main event at Binion's Horseshoe, with the rest of the event held at the company's Rio hotel-casino, Harrah's officials said Thursday.